Redwall Film Adaptations

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Redwall concept poster from Imagen Films

Redwall

Redwall has had a history of attempts to receive a big screen debut, however every single one has failed.

In 1991, London-based Molitor Productions acquired the film rights to Redwall. Molitor later produced the Redwall TV Series, and according to a 1998Wall Street Journal article, was going to produce an animated film afterwards. The latter never occurred.

In May 1993, The San Diego Union-Tribune and the Tacoma, Wash., The News Tribune reported there was a Redwall "movie deal" and that there would be a movie in "a year or two."

In 1996, it was reported by the Chicago Tribune that movie deals were in the works for two Redwall novels. What became of these plans is unknown.

In an undated Brian Jacques interview with Scholastic from the 1990s, Spring 1999 was stated as the "projected date" for a U.S. Redwall movie.

In 1999, Brian Jacques stated via Redwall.org that a film adaptation of Martin the Warrior was "in the very early stages of script writing." It seems as if this fell through largely due to the fact that Nelvana was working on the Redwall TV Series at this time. Also during this year, the Sacramento Bee mentioned a Redwall "feature film" was forthcoming.

Around 2001-2002, Redwall.org's Ask Brian Volume 4 question series asked Brian Jacques if there would be a movie in the next five years. His response was "hopefully."

In 2008, the Redwall Wiki first reported the existence of redwallthemovie.com, a domain owned by Seattle-based production company, Imagen Films, who stated in an e-mail that they had "secured film rights and [were] developing a live-action/CG version of Redwall" for the year 2011. This was revealed to be a lie in 2009, according to Redwall.org.

In February 2014, production company Working Element was revealed to have Redwall in its portfolio. In June 2014, it appeared on IMDB under "optioned" status.

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Brian Jacques has been approached by multiple directors regarding a Castaways of the Flying Dutchman film adaption, including Steven Spielberg, but turned them down because he would prefer children to read the books rather than have Hollywood turn them into something else.